diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d0e27bf3..1029a993 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "crossbeam-utils",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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+ "syn 2.0.60",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cbb5233..e9d7db3f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
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diff --git a/lib/process_data/Cargo.toml b/lib/process_data/Cargo.toml
index 479e0092..823a8ee3 100644
--- a/lib/process_data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/process_data/Cargo.toml
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+syscalls = { version = "0.6.18", features = ["all"] }
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diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index 296c6bc5..638f648e 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+
 use crate::application;
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 use crate::config;
+use crate::utils::app::DATA_DIRS;
+use crate::utils::IS_FLATPAK;
 
 use gettextrs::{gettext, LocaleCategory};
 use gtk::{gio, glib};
@@ -12,6 +16,19 @@ pub fn main() {
     // Initialize logger
     pretty_env_logger::init();
 
+    // reset XDG_DATA_DIRS to use absolute paths instead of relative paths because Flatpak seemingly cannot resolve them
+    // this must happen now because once the GTK app is loaded, it's too late
+    if *IS_FLATPAK {
+        std::env::set_var(
+            "XDG_DATA_DIRS",
+            DATA_DIRS
+                .iter()
+                .map(|pathbuf| pathbuf.as_os_str().to_owned())
+                .collect::<Vec<OsString>>()
+                .join(&OsString::from(":")),
+        );
+    }
+
     // Prepare i18n
     gettextrs::setlocale(LocaleCategory::LcAll, "");
     gettextrs::bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR).expect("Unable to bind the text domain");
diff --git a/src/utils/app.rs b/src/utils/app.rs
index ec30a03e..49a6c01d 100644
--- a/src/utils/app.rs
+++ b/src/utils/app.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const DESKTOP_EXEC_BLOCKLIST: &[&str] = &["bash", "zsh", "fish", "sh", "ksh", "f
 const APP_ID_BLOCKLIST: &[&str] = &[
     "org.gnome.Terminal.Preferences", // Prevents the actual Terminal app "org.gnome.Terminal" from being shown
     "org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Extension.Gtk3", // Technical application
+    "org.gnome.RemoteDesktop.Handover", // Technical application
 ];
 
 static RE_ENV_FILTER: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"env\s*\S*=\S*\s*(.*)").unwrap());
@@ -34,11 +35,12 @@ static RE_FLATPAK_FILTER: Lazy<Regex> =
     Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"flatpak run .* --command=(\S*)").unwrap());
 
 // Adapted from Mission Center: https://gitlab.com/mission-center-devs/mission-center/
-static DATA_DIRS: Lazy<Vec<PathBuf>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static DATA_DIRS: Lazy<Vec<PathBuf>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let home = std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/".to_string());
     let mut data_dirs: Vec<PathBuf> = std::env::var("XDG_DATA_DIRS")
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| format!("/usr/share:{home}/.local/share"))
         .split(':')
+        .map(|s| s.replace('~', &home))
         .map(PathBuf::from)
         .collect();
     data_dirs.push(PathBuf::from(format!("{home}/.local/share")));
@@ -154,9 +156,7 @@ impl App {
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|path| {
                 let applications_path = path.join("applications");
-                let expanded_path = expanduser::expanduser(applications_path.to_string_lossy())
-                    .unwrap_or(applications_path);
-                expanded_path.read_dir().ok().map(|read| {
+                applications_path.read_dir().ok().map(|read| {
                     read.filter_map(|file_res| {
                         file_res
                             .ok()
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index e4f6b0a9..bc8bd5d4 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static TICK_RATE: Lazy<usize> =
     Lazy::new(|| sysconf::sysconf(sysconf::SysconfVariable::ScClkTck).unwrap_or(100) as usize);
 
 // Adapted from Mission Center: https://gitlab.com/mission-center-devs/mission-center/
-static IS_FLATPAK: Lazy<bool> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static IS_FLATPAK: Lazy<bool> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let is_flatpak = std::path::Path::new("/.flatpak-info").exists();
 
     if is_flatpak {